Los Angeles City Atty. James K. Hahn alighted from his car Tuesday at a slum building in Cypress Park to announce a crackdown on the landlord for allowing drug dealers to flourish there. A podium with a government seal awaited Hahn at curbside, and news cameras were ready for what was expected to be a carefully orchestrated event.

Los Angeles City Atty. James K. Hahn alighted from his car Tuesday at a slum building in Cypress Park to announce a crackdown on the landlord for allowing drug dealers to flourish there. A podium with a government seal awaited Hahn at curbside, and news cameras were ready for what was expected to be a carefully orchestrated event.

The legs of an elderly woman were nearly severed by an RTD bus that knocked her down and ran over her near a downtown bus yard, officials said. The 70-year-old woman, who carried no identification, was in critical condition at County-USC Medical Center, Fire Department spokesman Larry Ford said. A hospital spokeswoman said the woman's legs were "severly mangled." The accident occurred at Avenue 26 and Idell Street, RTD spokesman Rick Jager said.

A Monrovia man was arrested Wednesday and will be charged today in the fatal shooting of a Cypress Park man Saturday night over a family feud, police said. Silvestre Escorza, 24, will be arraigned Friday in Municipal Court in the slaying of Bartolo Cabrera, 32, said Det. Loren Zimmerman. Cabrera was shot once in the neck about 10 p.m. Saturday while sitting in an apartment in the 2600 block of Idell Street in Glassell Park, Zimmerman said.

An MTA bus struck and killed a 39-year-old man Thursday morning at West Avenue 28 and Idell Street, authorities said. Armen Mandakunian, who lived near the accident scene, was crossing Avenue 28 about 7 a.m. when the bus hit him while making a right turn, said LAPD Officer Michael Jolicoeur. The bus driver, Cheryl Zoller, told authorities she did not see anything but "felt a thump and immediately pulled over and discovered the victim," said MTA spokesman Marc Littman.